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INDEX
ABN AMRO
Accounting
fair-value
Lehman, discrepancies exposed
Achleitner, Dr. Paul
AIG. See entries under American International Group (AIG)
Akers, John
Allianz, AIG capitalization talks
Allison, Herb
Altman, Roger C.
American Express
Dimon at
Lehman, purchase of
American International Group (AIG)
capital, efforts to raise. See American International Group (AIG) capitalization efforts
chief executive officers (CEOs). See Greenberg, Maurice Raymond “Hank ”; Sullivan, Martin; Willumstad, Robert
chief operating officer (COO). See Cassano, Joseph
counterparty global exposure
credit default swaps (CDS)
debt insurance, cost increase
failure, potential impact of
Fed bailout. See American International Group (AIG) bailout
federal charges against (2003-2005)
Financial Products (FP) status
Goldman Sachs, collateral demands of
Greenberg, settlement with
history/growth of
JP Morgan, demands for disclosure
liquidity problem
losses (2008)
profits, payment to employees
quantitative analysis, use of
rating downgrade concerns
risk, excessive
shareholder uproar
stock price decline
strength of (2005)
super-seniors
American International Group (AIG) bailout
AIG board vote
bonuses, public outrage
Congress, reaction to
demand note for Fed
Geithner proposal
Goldman, benefits to
Liddy as new CEO
payback conditions
proceeds to investment banks
rationale for
warrants to Fed
American International Group (AIG) capitalization efforts
with Allianz
bankruptcy option
with Buffett (Warren)
Citigroup as adviser
diligence session
final capital search
with Flowers (Chris)
Geithner, bailout requested of
with Goldman Sachs
and Greenberg
JP Morgan as adviser
regulated assets, use as collateral
Archstone-Smith
Awad, Jim
Bailout. See Federal bailout
Bair, Sheila
FDIC position
on guarantee for money market funds
at nationalization meeting
negative view of
Wachovia, saving, efforts in
See also Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Bank of America
ABN AMRO, loss of
chief executive officer (CEO). See Lewis, Ken
deal maker. See Curl, Greg
federal assistance, request for
Lehman capitalization rejected
Lehman capitalization talks
Merrill capitalization finalized
Merrill capitalization talks
O’Neal pitch to
strength of (2008)
Bank of England
Bank holding companies
Fed discount window, access to
Goldman Sachs as
Morgan Stanley as
Bank One
Banks, mortgages, securitized
Barancik, Gary
Barclays Capital
chief executive officer (CEO). See Diamond, Bob
federal assistance, request for
good bank-bad bank proposal
government bailout of
Lehman broker-dealer sale to
Lehman capitalization rejected
Lehman capitalization talks
shareholder vote required
trading guarantee, request from Buffett
Baxter, Tom
Bear Stearns
Banking Committee hearing on rescue
collapse of
federal bailout
JP Morgan purchase of
losses (2007)
rescue, critics of
rescue and Geithner
stock price and Paulson
subprime loans and collapse
Beattie, Richard
Beller, Alan
Beller, Ron
Bensinger, Steven J.
Berkenfeld, Steven
Bernanke, Anna
Bernanke, Benjamin
academic career of
AIG bailout
Banking Committee testimony, on Bear Stearns rescue
Bank Recapitalization Plan presented to
Bernanke Doctrine
biographical information
collapse, actions during
credit crisis, development of
economic orientation of
as Great Depression scholar
Jackson Hole conference
and Lehman crisis
Morgan Stanley, saving, efforts in
at nationalization meeting
and panics of 2007
on subprime loans
systemic solution, demand for
toxic-asset program, presenting
Bhattal, Jesse
Black, Steve
and JP Morgan/AIG capitalization
Lehman, request for collateral from
Lehman collapse, at Fed meeting on
Maughan, animosity toward
See also JP Morgan
Blackout notice, to Lehman employees
BlackRock
Blackstone Group
Blank fein, Lloyd
AIG final capital search
and board meeting, Russia (2008)
compensation (2007)
on end of credit crisis
financial career of
as Goldman CEO
as Goldman co-president
on Lehman bankruptcy and hedge funds
Lehman collapse, at Fed meeting on
at nationalization meeting
personality of
on short-sellers
See also Goldman Sachs
Blinder, Alan
Bloomberg, Michael
Bloomberg LP buy-back from Merrill
financial industry career
on Lehman bankruptcy
BNP Paribas, withdrawals, halting
Boehner, John
Boies, David
Bollenbach, Stephen
Bolten, Joshua
and Paulson appointment
Paulson liaison to White House
Bostock, Roy
Bove, Dick
Braunstein, Doug
AIG final capital search
as Lehman capitalization adviser
“Break the Glass: Bank Recapitalization Plan,”
authors of
details of
pros/cons of
refining concept
Brinkley, Amy
Broad, Eli
Broad index secured trust (BISTRO)
Bromley, James